The United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany
The United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany was founded on July 8, 1948 in Eisenach, Germany. The following eight churches are members of VELKD:
- the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria
- the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick
- the Evangelical Lutheran Land Church Hanover
- the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg
- the North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church
- the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony
- the Evangelical Lutheran Church Schaumburg-Lippe
- the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia.
VELKD is a unification of evangelical Lutheran churches into one church.
